Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were REN (LISBON:RENE), which rose 1.41% or 0.0385 points to trade at 2.7695 at the close. Semapa (LISBON:SEM) added 0.91% or 0.1250 points to end at 13.9100 and Portucel (LISBON:PTI) was up 0.84% or 0.0340 points to 4.0840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LISBON:MOTA), which lost 5.36% or 0.1550 points to trade at 2.7350 in late trade. Banif SA (LISBON:BANIF) declined 2.63% or 0.0002 points to end at 0.0074 and Portugal Telecom (LISBON:PTC) shed 2.30% or 0.0115 points to 0.4895.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 42 to 29 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was up 1.29% or 0.82 to $64.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.41% or 0.82 to hit $58.81 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.70 to trade at $1208.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.1088, while EUR/GBP fell 0.74% to 0.7131.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 95.69.